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When Ruth Simmons assumed the presidency of Prairie View A&M University in 2017, it was considered a major boost to the historically Black university. She brought to the role decades of leadership experience, including...
We told you recently about the University of North Carolina’s plans to establish a school for free expression and its accreditor’s brisk announcement that it would investigate that action. Now it looks like the...
Front Page: Edwin Meese Discusses Trusteeship and Informed Citizenship. In December, ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff and Armand Alacbay visited former U.S. attorney general Edwin Meese III for a conversation about the importance of shared governance...
At a time when public confidence in higher education has dropped sharply—14 percentage points in just two years—the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is moving forward with purpose, civility and a can-do attitude. It is...
Yale University played a prominent role in the American fight for democracy, with four graduates signing the Declaration of Independence. Now some Yalies want to bring a more modest revolution to campus by re-introducing...
Local business leaders and higher education officials are playing a waiting game for the potential ramifications of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ quickly growing snowball of higher education reform. There was the appointment of Sen. Ben Sasse,...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has unequivocally made clear that being a college trustee is a serious job for serious people. Some may say he is engineering a “hostile takeover” of New College of Florida...
Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken a bold step to make Florida’s public liberal arts college, the New College of Florida, an effective, academically rigorous institution. This month, he appointed six new members to the...
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